Dreaming of the exact place i'm in

[DreamHighlander]

Sorry if this is a subject you have already discussed, but i didn't find it and i'm curious about this. I believe this happens to you all the time. I was trying to sleep, then, all of a sudden i felt my body heavier and started to enter a dream (i believe this is WILD). But i wasn't in a new environment. I was in my room, in the same place and position i slept, in my bed. My room was exactly as it is, but a little different. The walls had some huge blisters coming out of it. My lamp was lit but misplaced. I looked at my arms and they were long, thin, with huge veins popping out and only 3 fingers. I then started to hover around in my room, but still paralysed in the same position (like there's no gravity). What kind of dream was this? How come it wasn't like other normal dreams, i mean, popping up in some environment and situation my sunconscious creates? Was this some kind of "lucid dreaming meets astral projection"? It's so curious how the subconscious created the same place i was in. It was like i didn't enter a dream, but instead i went to a special mental state that gave me a special vision of the real world, like seeing elements from another dimension inside ours. Sorry for this description, you may find it a little absurd, i guess. :p

[NyxCC]

I know what you mean. Sometimes the transition happens really fast and it may feel like you get into the dream but the dream is your room. Actually, on some occasions, you may not even feel like you have gotten into a dream and are still waiting to transition, but you already have. You could argue it's a WILD or an OBE. I guess it depends how you feel about it and what you believe in. I really can't put a label on it, because it's very subjective. With more experience things may become clearer and you will understand it better.

[paigeyemps]

In addition to NyxCC's reply, it is very common in WILDs to start dreaming with the setup being your own room. The reason for this is because it is much easier for your mind to recreate the last environment you were in as opposed to dreaming up a new one within such a short amount of time since you don't lose consciousness and if you're just waiting for the dream to start, your mind will try to take the last setting and turn it into a dream. Unless of course you actively try to visualize the scene while you are transitioning, then you could create your own preferred dream scene once the dream starts. Even in DILDs, it's very common to have early dreams of being in the last place you were in. This is also why so many people get lost in false awakenings. Don't forget to practice reality checking everytime you wake up, no matter where you are. This greatly helps you catch false awakenings in the future, whether DILD or WILD. Good luck